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Saint-Saens: Ascanio Ballet & Overtures / Märkl, Malmö Symphony
Naxos

Saint-Saens: Ascanio Ballet & Overtures / Märkl, Malmö Symphony

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Composer
SAINT-SAENS, CAMILLE
Artist
Markl
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 22, 2019
Catalog #
8574033
UPC
747313403370

About

Saint-Saëns’ operatic works contain instrumental music of vivacity and charm but have been undeservedly overlooked. Ascanio contains a substantial and elaborate divertissement that fellow composer Reynaldo Hahn termed ‘the entire Renaissance in a few pages’. Les Barbares, a tale of conquest and revenge, includes a vivid Prologue and joyful ballet, while La Princesse jaune with its pentatonic writing, and La Jota aragonese laced with Spanish vitality, show the composer at his most generously carefree. Jun Markl is a highly-respected interpreter of core Germanic repertoire and has become known for his refined and idiomatic explorations of the French Impressionists. His long-standing relationships with the state operas of Vienna, Berlin and Munich, the Semperoper Dresden and the Metropolitan Opera have been complemented by his music directorships of the Orchestre National de Lyon and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. In recognition of his achievements in Lyon, he was honoured in 2012 with the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Märkl has an extensive discography – among the over 50 albums he has recorded are the complete Schumann symphonies, works by Mendelssohn and Wagner, Ravel, Messiaen, and a highly-acclaimed Debussy set with the Orchestre National de Lyon. He is currently working on a cycle of works by Saint-Saëns and Hosokawa.

REVIEW:

Of Camille Saint-Saens's eleven operas only one, Samson et Dalila, still enjoys a place in the international repertoire. That was premiered in 1877, three years before Ascanio. That opera's thirty-minute ballet suite contains much that is pleasingly tuneful and suitably pictorial. The Les Barbares Prologue included here has the length and content of a movement from a very serious symphony. There is still more more music here, and all of it is played with the high quality of performance we have come to expect from the Malmo orchestra.

– David's Review Corner (David Denton)

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Divertissement No. 1: Introduction: Entrée du Maître des Jeux 01:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    Divertissement No. 1: Introduction: Entrée du Maître des Jeux
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  2. 2 Divertissement No. 2: Danse ancienne: Vénus, Junon et Pallas 01:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    Divertissement No. 2: Danse ancienne: Vénus, Junon et Pallas
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  3. 3 Divertissement No. 3: Gavotte: Diane, Dryades et Naïades 02:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    Divertissement No. 3: Gavotte: Diane, Dryades et Naïades
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  4. 4 Divertissement No. 4: Bacchanale: Bacchus et les Bacchantes 01:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    Divertissement No. 4: Bacchanale: Bacchus et les Bacchantes
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  5. 5 Divertissement No. 5: Apparition Phœbus, d'Apollon et les neuf Muses 02:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    Divertissement No. 5: Apparition Phœbus, d'Apollon et les neuf Muses
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  6. 6 Divertissement No. 6: Phœbus prenant sa lyre, évoque l'Amour 03:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    Divertissement No. 6: Phœbus prenant sa lyre, évoque l'Amour
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  7. 7 Divertissement No. 7: L'Amour fait apparaître Psyché 02:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    Divertissement No. 7: L'Amour fait apparaître Psyché
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  8. 8 Divertissement No. 8: Ensemble de Phœbus, Diane, Erigone, Nicœa et Bacchus avec les Muses, les Nymphes et les Bacchantes 01:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    Divertissement No. 8: Ensemble de Phœbus, Diane, Erigone, Nicœa et Bacchus avec les Muses, les Nymphes et les Bacchantes
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  9. 9 Divertissement No. 9: Variation de l'Amour, "Variation pour la Flûte" 01:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    Divertissement No. 9: Variation de l'Amour, "Variation pour la Flûte"
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  10. 10 Divertissement No. 10: Le Dragon des Hespérides apporte la pomme d'or 01:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    Divertissement No. 10: Le Dragon des Hespérides apporte la pomme d'or
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  11. 11 Divertissement No. 11: Final: Valse: Les Déesses, Bacchantes, Naïades et Dryades 04:03
    Track
    11
    Title
    Divertissement No. 11: Final: Valse: Les Déesses, Bacchantes, Naïades et Dryades
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  12. 12 Les Barbares: Prologue 14:25
    Track
    12
    Title
    Les Barbares: Prologue
    Duration
    14:25
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  13. 13 Jota aragonese, Op. 64 04:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    Jota aragonese, Op. 64
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  14. 14 Andromaque, Act IV: Prélude 04:54
    Track
    14
    Title
    Andromaque, Act IV: Prélude
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  15. 15 Andromaque: Overture 08:35
    Track
    15
    Title
    Andromaque: Overture
    Duration
    08:35
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  16. 16 La princesse jaune, Op. 30: Overture 06:26
    Track
    16
    Title
    La princesse jaune, Op. 30: Overture
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  17. 17 Ouverture d'un Opéra-Comique inachevé 05:39
    Track
    17
    Title
    Ouverture d'un Opéra-Comique inachevé
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  18. 18 Divertissement No. 7: L'amour fait apparaître Psyché 02:29
    Track
    18
    Title
    Divertissement No. 7: L'amour fait apparaître Psyché
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  19. 19 Divertissement No. 9: Variation de l'Amour, "Variation pour la Flûte" 02:08
    Track
    19
    Title
    Divertissement No. 9: Variation de l'Amour, "Variation pour la Flûte"
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl